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Eat dirt! VVSU soccer tramples theU see sports page 10 Wednesday, November 6, 1996 Volume 59 Number 28 chedule probable with semesters in " , Hi- I" By Alisa C. Rasmusscn news editor-Signpost Rise and shine students of Weber State University, although it could be earlier than usual when the university makes the switch to the semester schedule. "It looks like we'll probably go with the seven o'clock hour, with all classes starting on the hour," said Judith Mitchell, chair of the faculty senate and a professor in the Masters of Education program. "We'll also have to figure out a way to make the labs fit into that as well." Mitchell said there were several options to look at in determining the scheduling during the semester change. Tine time scheduling was just one factor. She added that beginning classes on the hour will add an extra hour during the day for other classes. "It's a matter of moving back a half an hour to accommodate starting earlier and finishing earlier," Mitchell said. According to Kathleen Lukken, associate provost, nothing has been finalized at this point as far as time scheduling goes. "The final decisions about when we're to start are expected to be made by the end of this quarter," Lukken said. Mitchell said most decisions are made by the department chairs as to who will be teaching what hours. "We've found that the prime time hours arc the morning hours, where most students who have to go to work in the afternoon can get a full day of classes in before then," Mitchell said. "It will also leave a lot of time for night classes for those who prefer night classes." Mitchell said the major decision makers are the semester conversion committee, the faculty senate, the deans of each department and the President's Council. "There are a lot of people in on the planning," Mitchell said. According to Lukken, the President's Council will make all final decisions after they've heard all of the plans presented to them by other committees working on curriculum and other changes. "There are several faculty members who jump at the idea of beginning at 7 a.m., because they feel they do better in the early morning," Lukken said. "There are the other professors who don't feel they can teach well that early in the morning, so the committees are trying to give options for all faculty members." Lukken said she thinks the time scheduling changes will be better for professors in the long run, even though it seems early. "I'd like to say more professors than not will be happier with the 8 to 5 office schedule than their current 7:30 to 4:30, because it's kind of odd to close up shop at 4:30 in the afternoon," Lukken said. "There are many people who come in from off campus who think 4:30 is a little early to close. Most businesses stay open until at least five." Lukken said the university has used a variety of methods to address the issues regarding changes. "We've had the most contact with the University of Utah, seeing what they've been doing and what plans See Hour page h :4 r " $vj v m I ? ' " : - i N A . "! - - want you to win, win, win! Weber State University ice hockey club coach Shawn Thoreson encourages the team to play as a cohesive unit against the Junior Grizzlies in a recent home game and to remind their supporters to come to the upcoming home games against in-state rival Utah State University Nov. 22 and 23. Administrators receive draft accreditation report jnsjde post By Sue Spillane-Bramlette col u mn i si-Signpost A draft report onaccreditation-related matters was received Oct. 29 by Weber State University's administration from the interim committee of the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges, reviewed for factual information and returned to the governing agency for review as of Monday, Nov. A. WSU President Paul Thompson, who reviewed the report with other administratorslate last week, indicated corrections to it were minor, stating that "by and large vvc agree on statistics concerning the library and other statements of fact within the NASC interim committee report sent to us." Thompson offered no indication as to the content of the committee's written evaluation of WSU's progress since their October 1 994 visit toward meeting three of its standards in question since that time. "No university gets a completely clean bill of review from NASC in its ten-year review process," Thompson said. "There arc always a couple of concerns that are mentioned, and, in our case, wc had issues wc needed to address. We have since addressed them." "I want to state very clearly that our university's accreditation is not in danger," Thompson told a group of journalists at an open meeting with the press at The Signpost Monday. "I'd say the risk of this happening is one in ten million." The WSU president stated that he expected NASC to cither accept the report on WSU as offered or to request the drafting of another report from the university in two years. WSU Librarian Joan I lubbard confirmed that she had met with Provost David Eislcr and Assoc. Provost Kathleen Lukken Oct. 30 to discuss sections of the draft report which concerned Stewart Library. NASC cvaluators had been instructed to examine the library collection with regard to its ability to support the mission of WSU for undergraduate education. "1 think there has been progress made," Hubbard said. "The draft report is confidential, but we have seen it, and wc have had the opportunity to make factual corrections to it from our records," she said. editorial: see page 4 features: see page 8 sports: see page 10 classifieds: see page 15

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Eat dirt! VVSU soccer tramples theU see sports page 10 Wednesday, November 6, 1996 Volume 59 Number 28 chedule probable with semesters in " , Hi- I" By Alisa C. Rasmusscn news editor-Signpost Rise and shine students of Weber State University, although it could be earlier than usual when the university makes the switch to the semester schedule. "It looks like we'll probably go with the seven o'clock hour, with all classes starting on the hour," said Judith Mitchell, chair of the faculty senate and a professor in the Masters of Education program. "We'll also have to figure out a way to make the labs fit into that as well." Mitchell said there were several options to look at in determining the scheduling during the semester change. Tine time scheduling was just one factor. She added that beginning classes on the hour will add an extra hour during the day for other classes. "It's a matter of moving back a half an hour to accommodate starting earlier and finishing earlier," Mitchell said. According to Kathleen Lukken, associate provost, nothing has been finalized at this point as far as time scheduling goes. "The final decisions about when we're to start are expected to be made by the end of this quarter," Lukken said. Mitchell said most decisions are made by the department chairs as to who will be teaching what hours. "We've found that the prime time hours arc the morning hours, where most students who have to go to work in the afternoon can get a full day of classes in before then," Mitchell said. "It will also leave a lot of time for night classes for those who prefer night classes." Mitchell said the major decision makers are the semester conversion committee, the faculty senate, the deans of each department and the President's Council. "There are a lot of people in on the planning," Mitchell said. According to Lukken, the President's Council will make all final decisions after they've heard all of the plans presented to them by other committees working on curriculum and other changes. "There are several faculty members who jump at the idea of beginning at 7 a.m., because they feel they do better in the early morning," Lukken said. "There are the other professors who don't feel they can teach well that early in the morning, so the committees are trying to give options for all faculty members." Lukken said she thinks the time scheduling changes will be better for professors in the long run, even though it seems early. "I'd like to say more professors than not will be happier with the 8 to 5 office schedule than their current 7:30 to 4:30, because it's kind of odd to close up shop at 4:30 in the afternoon," Lukken said. "There are many people who come in from off campus who think 4:30 is a little early to close. Most businesses stay open until at least five." Lukken said the university has used a variety of methods to address the issues regarding changes. "We've had the most contact with the University of Utah, seeing what they've been doing and what plans See Hour page h :4 r " $vj v m I ? ' " : - i N A . "! - - want you to win, win, win! Weber State University ice hockey club coach Shawn Thoreson encourages the team to play as a cohesive unit against the Junior Grizzlies in a recent home game and to remind their supporters to come to the upcoming home games against in-state rival Utah State University Nov. 22 and 23. Administrators receive draft accreditation report jnsjde post By Sue Spillane-Bramlette col u mn i si-Signpost A draft report onaccreditation-related matters was received Oct. 29 by Weber State University's administration from the interim committee of the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges, reviewed for factual information and returned to the governing agency for review as of Monday, Nov. A. WSU President Paul Thompson, who reviewed the report with other administratorslate last week, indicated corrections to it were minor, stating that "by and large vvc agree on statistics concerning the library and other statements of fact within the NASC interim committee report sent to us." Thompson offered no indication as to the content of the committee's written evaluation of WSU's progress since their October 1 994 visit toward meeting three of its standards in question since that time. "No university gets a completely clean bill of review from NASC in its ten-year review process," Thompson said. "There arc always a couple of concerns that are mentioned, and, in our case, wc had issues wc needed to address. We have since addressed them." "I want to state very clearly that our university's accreditation is not in danger," Thompson told a group of journalists at an open meeting with the press at The Signpost Monday. "I'd say the risk of this happening is one in ten million." The WSU president stated that he expected NASC to cither accept the report on WSU as offered or to request the drafting of another report from the university in two years. WSU Librarian Joan I lubbard confirmed that she had met with Provost David Eislcr and Assoc. Provost Kathleen Lukken Oct. 30 to discuss sections of the draft report which concerned Stewart Library. NASC cvaluators had been instructed to examine the library collection with regard to its ability to support the mission of WSU for undergraduate education. "1 think there has been progress made," Hubbard said. "The draft report is confidential, but we have seen it, and wc have had the opportunity to make factual corrections to it from our records," she said. editorial: see page 4 features: see page 8 sports: see page 10 classifieds: see page 15